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| 197132067 | anthropogenic | human-induced environmental changes | 1 | |
| 197132068 | cartography | map-making | 2 | |
| 197132069 | cultural ecology | study of interactions between societies and their environments | 3 | |
| 197151660 | cultural landscape | human-modified natural landscape, contains a society's imprint | 4 | |
| 197132070 | earth system science | interaction between Earth's physical systems and processes on a global scale | 5 | |
| 197132071 | environmental geography | spatial impact of humans on environment and vice-versa | 6 | |
| 197132072 | Eratosthenes | circumference, "geography" | 7 | |
| 197132073 | Fertile Crescent | present-day Iraq, early culture and civilization | 8 | |
| 197132074 | Geographical Information System | uses thematic layers to show geographic data | 9 | |
| 197132075 | Global Positioning System | determine location anywhere using lat. and long. | 10 | |
| 197132076 | idiographic | pertaining to characteristics of a specific place | 11 | |
| 197132077 | George Perkins Marsh | destruction of environment, "tree hugger" | 12 | |
| 197132078 | natural landscape | unaffected physical landscape | 13 | |
| 197132079 | nomothetic | concepts that can be applied universally | 14 | |
| 197132080 | W.D. Pattison | 4 traditions: earth-science, man-land, spatial, and area-studies | 15 | |
| 197132081 | physical geography | structures, processes, change of natural phenomena | 16 | |
| 197132082 | Ptolemy | "Guide to Geography", grid system | 17 | |
| 197132083 | qualitative data | data from observations/interperetations | 18 | |
| 197132084 | quantitative data | mathematical/statistical data | 19 | |
| 197132085 | quantitative revolution | widespread adoption of mathematical models/statistics | 20 | |
| 197132086 | region | an area with similar physical/cultural attributes | 21 | |
| 197132087 | regional geography | study of regions | 22 | |
| 197132088 | remote sensing | captures images from airborne satellites | 23 | |
| 197132089 | Carl Sauer | cultural landscapes | 24 | |
| 197132090 | sense of place | feelings evoked by experiences of a certain place | 25 | |
| 197132091 | spatial perspective | locations of phenomena, why, and how it's related to other places | 26 | |
| 197132092 | sustainability | provide for people without diminishing ability to provide for future generations | 27 | |
| 197132093 | systematic geography | Earth's integrated systems as a whole | 28 | |
| 197132094 | thematic layers | GIS; overlaid to analyze spatial relationships | 29 | |
| 197151027 | absolute distance | measurable distance | 30 | |
| 197151028 | absolute location | exact position; grid system | 31 | |
| 197151029 | accessibility | ease at which a destination can be reached | 32 | |
| 197151030 | azimuthal projection | map projection in which the plane is the most developable surface | 33 | |
| 197151031 | breaking point | outer edge of a city's sphere of influence | 34 | |
| 197151032 | cartograms | thematic map where largest value is represented by relatively largest object/landmass | 35 | |
| 197151033 | choropleth map | thematic map that uses tones or colors | 36 | |
| 197151034 | cognitive map | mental map | 37 | |
| 197151035 | complementarity | actual or potential economic relationship between two places | 38 | |
| 197151036 | connectivity | degree of connection between two places | 39 | |
| 197151037 | contagious diffusion | spread through direct contact with another person/place | 40 | |
| 197151038 | coordinate system | grid used to determine absolute location | 41 | |
| 197151039 | distance decay effect | distance increases, interaction decreases | 42 | |
| 197151041 | dot maps | thematic map that shows precise locations of occurrences | 43 | |
| 197151043 | expansion diffusion | spread of ideas through contact and exchange | 44 | |
| 197151045 | friction of distance | measure of how much absolute distance affects interaction | 45 | |
| 197151047 | Fuller projection | maintains size/shape, distorts cardinal directions | 46 | |
| 197151049 | geoid | actual shape of Earth, squashed | 47 | |
| 197151051 | gravity model | formula that describes level of interaction based on pop/distance | 48 | |
| 197151053 | hazards | anything potentially threatening in the landscape | 49 | |
| 197151055 | hierarchial diffusion | something is transmitted because of a common trait between two places | 50 | |
| 197151056 | International Date Line | line of long. that marks where each new day begins | 51 | |
| 197151058 | intervening opportunities | two places have equal opportunities, but one is closer | 52 | |
| 197151060 | isoline | map line that connects points of equal or similar values | 53 | |
| 197151061 | large-scale | higher resolution, covers smaller area | 54 | |
| 197151063 | latitude | parallels | 55 | |
| 197151065 | law of retail gravitation | people will be drawn to larger cities for business because of wider influence | 56 | |
| 197151067 | location charts | on a map, stats on a political unit/jurisdiction | 57 | |
| 197151069 | longitude | meridians | 58 | |
| 197151071 | map projection | transferring Earth's sphere onto a flat surface, all have distortions | 59 | |
| 197151072 | Mercator projection | maintains accurate direction, distorted land mass size | 60 | |
| 197151074 | meridian | line of longitude | 61 | |
| 197151076 | parallel | line of latitude | 62 | |
| 197151078 | Peters Map Projection | cylinder, retains accurate size of landmasses | 63 | |
| 197151080 | preference map | map with individual preferences of a certain place | 64 | |
| 197151082 | prime meridian | 0 degrees longitude | 65 | |
| 197151084 | proportional symbols map | thematic map where size of a symbol indicates relative magnitude of a statistic | 66 | |
| 197151086 | reference map | shows info for a particular place, easy to find landmarks/navigate | 67 | |
| 197151088 | relative distance | distance in cost/time | 68 | |
| 197151090 | relative location | location relative to surroundings | 69 | |
| 197151092 | resolution | the smallest unit that shows up on a map | 70 | |
| 197151094 | Robinson projection | balances projection errors, doesn't maintain size/shape/distance/direction | 71 | |
| 197151096 | scale | ratio between size on a map and actual size | 72 | |
| 197151098 | site | absolute location described by physical/cultural characteristics | 73 | |
| 197151100 | situation | a place's spatial context | 74 | |
| 197151102 | small-scale | depict large areas, map units:earth units is smaller | 75 | |
| 197151104 | spatial diffusion | how phenomena travel over space | 76 | |
| 197151106 | thematic map | map that displays one or more variables | 77 | |
| 197151108 | time-space convergence | the idea that distance is shrinking between places because of technology/communication | 78 | |
| 197151110 | topographic maps | use isolines to show constant elevation | 79 | |
| 197151111 | topological space | amt. of connectivity, regardless of distance between places | 80 | |
| 197151113 | transferability | cost of transportation of goods | 81 | |
| 197151115 | visualization | use of software to create dynamic computer maps | 82 |
